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WM Specialty Mortgage, LLC v. Salomon

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Dec 15, 2004
889 So. 2d 922 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

Opinion

No. 4D04-3014.

December 15, 2004.

Appeal from the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court, Broward County, Leonard Fleet, J.

Deborah Caventer, Tampa, for petitioner.

No appearance for respondent.


By its petition for writ of certiorari, WM Specialty Mortgage, LLC seeks review of a non-final order compelling discovery and imposing sanctions. We grant the petition.

Originally, WM filed a complaint to foreclose a mortgage. The trial court dismissed the complaint on July 23, 2003. On August 1, 2003, the defendant filed counterclaims. It is for these counterclaims that the defendant has sought discovery.

Subject to limited exceptions which do not apply here, "`an order dismissing an action with prejudice divests the trial court of jurisdiction to preside over the parties and their dispute.'" Eye Ear Sales Serv. Co. v. Lamela, 636 So.2d 791, 792 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994) (quoting Buonopane v. Ricci, 603 So.2d 713, 714 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992)). Because the final order of dismissal carried "all the parties and the entire action out of court," the trial court had "no jurisdiction to grant relief to a defendant who had not made a plea for affirmative relief" prior to the dismissal. Osborne v. Shell Oil Co., 104 So.2d 670, 671 (Fla. 1st DCA 1958); Royal Bahamian Ass'n v. Morgan, 338 So.2d 876, 878 (Fla. 3d DCA 1976). The counterclaim filed after the final dismissal was a nullity.

The petition for writ of certiorari is granted and we quash the June 30, 2004 order of the trial court compelling discovery and imposing sanctions.

GUNTHER and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

WM Specialty Mortgage, LLC v. Salomon

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Dec 15, 2004
889 So. 2d 922 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)
Case details for

WM Specialty Mortgage, LLC v. Salomon

Case Details

Full title:WM SPECIALTY MORTGAGE, LLC, Petitioner, v. Alan SALOMON, Respondent

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Dec 15, 2004

Citations

889 So. 2d 922 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

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